That is sad. I marched in the Cherry Parade as a Boy Scout when I was 12: still plenty of the Greatest Generation back then (1984.) I can remember, when I was a small child, WWI veterans in our towns Memorial Day parades (Alanson, Michigan.) Yeah, they were up there in years, but still marched!

Used to have a Japanese Marine , Late war german soldier , 1 d-day vet , 1 truck driver during ww2 , and 2 korean vets , 2 Gaudalcanal marines , 1 army sargent that was a POW , met the pilot's who's gun footage that show a convoy exploding in his gun camera footage, I talk to when ever possible , now there all gone , how there views changed on things , some worse , most better